Published: 02/09/2010 08:00
NUNEATON racers Tristan Palmer and Dean Brown were in action as the British Superbikes and support classes paid their second visit to Cadwell Park over the Bank Holiday weekend. Palmer’s weekend in the Metzeler Superstock 1000 section started solidly on the Jentin Racing BMW in free practice with an eighth position on the timing sheet.
Sunday arrived under cloudy but dry skies and with two qualifying sessions taking place the pressure was on. Palmer bettered his first qualifying time in the second session with a time which put him third on the grid for the race on the following day.
Palmer slipped back off the start of the race and lost touch with the leaders. He battled hard all race long and ended with a fifth place which cost him ground in the Championship race as Kirkham, who is leading the title race, finished second.
Still second in the Championship, Palmer is now 65 points adrift of Kirkham. With three rounds left the mountain is getting harder to climb to secure the crown.
The Championship now moves onto Croft in the North East, with Palmer hoping for a better result.
Meanwhile, Brown was riding his RTS backed BCM Racing Kawasaki in the National Superstock 600 class. The competitors had to endure strong winds on Sunday but Monday race day remained dry with slightly lighter winds.
Saturday practice started well for Brown and he was ready for the first qualifying session in the afternoon. As Cadwell Park is a narrow track at the start/finish the grid is limited to 36 starters and with 47 entrants in the Superstock 600 class they were divided into two groups, with Brown being in group B.
After a heavy shower earlier in the day the track was still damp in places for the group A session, with a dry line for the group B session. With the differing track conditions for each session it meant that the top 18 from each group would automatically qualify for the race on Monday. Brown was in 19th place in his group after this qualifying session with a time in the 1 min 36 secs bracket and was left hoping for a dry session on Sunday morning.
Unfortunately, it was not to be as both groups had a wet second qualifying session on Sunday. Brown went out in the session knowing it would be impossible to improve on his lap time.
It meant that he was unlucky to be on the cusp of qualifying, just missing out by one place. As he was the fastest of the non-qualifiers he was first reserve for the race if anyone dropped out in the Monday morning warm-up session. But unfortunately this did not happen.
He said: “I was disappointed I didn’t get to race, but the weather proved to be against me when it rained on Sunday morning for my second qualifying session.
“If it had been dry I know I could have gone quicker and got into the top 18 in my group. I suppose it’s a lesson to try and go quicker in the first qualifying session, but I always build my speed up over the weekend, usually going quicker in the race than in qualifying. Now I’ll just look forward to Croft in two weeks time.” to be at our best if we are to win the game.”
Sunday arrived under cloudy but dry skies and with two qualifying sessions taking place the pressure was on. Palmer bettered his first qualifying time in the second session with a time which put him third on the grid for the race on the following day.
Palmer slipped back off the start of the race and lost touch with the leaders. He battled hard all race long and ended with a fifth place which cost him ground in the Championship race as Kirkham, who is leading the title race, finished second.
Still second in the Championship, Palmer is now 65 points adrift of Kirkham. With three rounds left the mountain is getting harder to climb to secure the crown.
The Championship now moves onto Croft in the North East, with Palmer hoping for a better result.
Meanwhile, Brown was riding his RTS backed BCM Racing Kawasaki in the National Superstock 600 class. The competitors had to endure strong winds on Sunday but Monday race day remained dry with slightly lighter winds.
Saturday practice started well for Brown and he was ready for the first qualifying session in the afternoon. As Cadwell Park is a narrow track at the start/finish the grid is limited to 36 starters and with 47 entrants in the Superstock 600 class they were divided into two groups, with Brown being in group B.
After a heavy shower earlier in the day the track was still damp in places for the group A session, with a dry line for the group B session. With the differing track conditions for each session it meant that the top 18 from each group would automatically qualify for the race on Monday. Brown was in 19th place in his group after this qualifying session with a time in the 1 min 36 secs bracket and was left hoping for a dry session on Sunday morning.
Unfortunately, it was not to be as both groups had a wet second qualifying session on Sunday. Brown went out in the session knowing it would be impossible to improve on his lap time.
It meant that he was unlucky to be on the cusp of qualifying, just missing out by one place. As he was the fastest of the non-qualifiers he was first reserve for the race if anyone dropped out in the Monday morning warm-up session. But unfortunately this did not happen.
He said: “I was disappointed I didn’t get to race, but the weather proved to be against me when it rained on Sunday morning for my second qualifying session.
“If it had been dry I know I could have gone quicker and got into the top 18 in my group. I suppose it’s a lesson to try and go quicker in the first qualifying session, but I always build my speed up over the weekend, usually going quicker in the race than in qualifying. Now I’ll just look forward to Croft in two weeks time.” to be at our best if we are to win the game.”
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